Where does “a cél szentesíti az eszközt” come from?
a cél szentesíti az eszközt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian az, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus, from Latin invideo — in.
a cél szentesíti az eszközt (Hungarian): the end justifies the means
Definitions
- the end justifies the means
Ancestry of “a cél szentesíti az eszközt”, step by step
a cél szentesíti az eszközt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian az
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | az | the; that |
| 2 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 3 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 4 | English | avie | emulously |
| 5 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 6 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 7 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 8 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Hungarian cél
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | cél | target, goal, aim, purpose, objective; finish |
| 2 | German | ziel | singular imperative of zielen |
| 3 | Middle High German | zil | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zil | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | til | to, towards; to, toward |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tilą | planned point in time |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |